Comments on: Get locked up for unlocking your phone

By: Oppo

Oppo — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:12:46 +0000

“they wouldn’t sell me a SIM until I got the phone unlocked. And I couldn’t unlock the phone without a SIM ”
– sums up every experience I’ve ever had with technology, bureaucracy, and technology bureaucracy.

By: Slapout

Slapout — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:44:50 +0000

” But, since I know how to use Google, I found the instructions on setting up a 4S with iOS 6 on Straight Talk”

LOL

By: TiminAL

TiminAL — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 01:01:05 +0000

Even in light of, and after all this, is it safe to assume that you’re Ass is still Happy? One would certainly hope so.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:29:59 +0000

@10 – And in a surprise ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts agreed with that decision.

By: Tau Dades

Tau Dades — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:25:38 +0000

Screw Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, real power lies with the Librarian of Congress!

By: Son of Bob

Son of Bob — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:37:45 +0000

If I buy a Ford automobile, and wish to make modifications to enable that car to run on solar power instead of gasoline, I can…and, liberals would applaud. So, when I buy a phone, why can’t I make modifications to that phone, since I’ve already purchased it?

By: silaS marreD

silaS marreD — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:33:50 +0000

If my son asked for a $550 phone, I would give him a serpent.
- Matthew 7:10

By: storm1911

storm1911 — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:31:06 +0000

Basil should just get his son an Obamaphone. He has already paid for it.

By: Conservatarian

Conservatarian — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:29:05 +0000

The most obvious question has yet to be asked. How in the heck did phones become one of mankinds most prominent hobbies/obsessions? When do I get to take space shuttle to our lunar base?

By: DamnCat

DamnCat — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:41:04 +0000

The Librarian of Congress must spend half his day shushing Alan Greyson.

By: Ernie Loco

Ernie Loco — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:40:38 +0000

Ok, so the librarian of Congress made a determination that unlocking your smartphone from your carrier violates the DMCA. Just another example of why the DMCA is one of the worst laws ever written (obviously not as bad as Obamacare, but it still sucks).

For all the government peons out there, let me just say: if I buy a product, I will do whatever the frig I want with it, including modifying the software and even the hardware however I damn well see fit. If I own the device, no law is going to stop me from screwing with it, especially not from changing some software settings. In fact, if I ever get a smartphone, the first thing I’m going to do is wipe it and install linux on it, and then install/write my own code to do really fun stuff with the built in radios.

The government should never try to legislate new technology because they have no idea how it actually works.

By: Ernie Loco

Ernie Loco — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:33:31 +0000

Why does there even exist a “librarian of Congress”, and why the **** is he somehow making laws?

*goes away to read the linked article*

By: DamnCat

DamnCat — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:31:02 +0000

You should have been a cat – life’s much simpler.

Oh well, maybe you’ll get it right the next time around.

By: CiDhed

CiDhed — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:15:53 +0000

Easy solution. Buy Nexus phones directly from Google. They come unlocked and are way more reasonably priced than the competition’s unlocked products.